To start the lessons, enter the engine room and move forward through the sliding door to the drivers cab and make yourself comfy in the drivers seat (its the one on the left). Note the attractive matching pale green d้cor paintwork, blue seat cover and silver trimmed black desk. Ok so it all needs a bit of restoration work but think ahead to the time when we can drive it!
Lets see what we have on the desk, but just for now ignore the debris.
60122 Driver´s Desk.
Photo: Copyright Ian Morgan 2005
From left to right we see:
And on the dashboard is:
The EP (Electro-Pneumatic) Brake Controller has 5 rotary positions:
It is seen above in its most anti-clockwise position - I, but more on this subject later.
The air horn stick switch is centrally sprung and can be moved back and forth (What more can be said on this subject).
The Power Controller handle sits on top of the Power Control/Master Switch cluster (seen above in its most clockwise OFF position), and the Master Switch is on the lower left hand side of it. You can just make out the Master Switch knob in its most clockwise OFF position, below the power handle. On the lower right hand side of this cluster is the hole where the driver key is inserted to unlock the Master Switch.
The Master Switch has 4 rotary positions:
The Power Controller handle is also the "Deadman" device, which needs to be kept depressed to stop the brakes being applied. Moving this handle counter clockwise sets the power from "notch" 1 (1st gear if you like) through to "notch" 7 (for maximum speed) more on this later.
Interlocking on the Power Controller/Master Switch cluster means that you cannot change Master Switch setting while under power or set the Power Controller when the Master Switch is OFF or EO.
